Canadian Olympic Curling Trials

The Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, marketed from 2009 through 2017 as the Roar of the Rings, are a quadrennial tournament held by Curling Canada that determines the Canadian men's and women's representatives for curling at the Winter Olympics. The system of qualification for the Curling Trials varies for each event, and can be quite complicated. One main reason for an Olympic qualifying event apart from the national championships (The Brier and the Scotties) is that provincial residency rules do not apply to the Olympic team. Curling was added to the Olympic programme in 1998, and a Canadian Olympic Trials have been held the year prior since 1997.

There were also Olympic Trials held in 1987 for the curling demonstration event at the 1988 Winter Olympics. The 1987 Trials were known as the Labatt National Curling Trials and were held April 19–25, 1987 in Calgary, the same site of the 1988 Winter Olympics. Linda Moore would skip the women's winning team and Ed Lukowich skipped the men's winner.

There were no trials for the 1992 Winter Olympics curling demonstration event. The winner of the 1991 Scott Tournament of Hearts (Julie Sutton) and the 1991 Labatt Brier (Kevin Martin) got to represent Canada at the event.

Trials	Winning team	Runners up	Location	Placing at Olympics
1987	Ed Lukowich, John Ferguson, Neil Houston, Brent Syme, Wayne Hart	Pat Ryan, Randy Ferbey, Don Walchuk, Don McKenzie[1]	Calgary, Alberta	Bronze
1997	Mike Harris, Richard Hart, Collin Mitchell, George Karrys, Paul Savage	Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Rudy Ramcharan, Don Bartlett	Brandon, Manitoba	Silver
2001	Kevin Martin, Don Walchuk, Carter Rycroft, Don Bartlett, Ken Tralnberg	Kerry Burtnyk, Jeff Ryan, Rob Meakin, Keith Fenton, Andy Hick	Regina, Saskatchewan	Silver
2005	Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab, Mike Adam	Jeff Stoughton, Jon Mead, Garry Van Den Berghe, Steve Gould, Don Harvey	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Gold
2009	Kevin Martin, John Morris, Marc Kennedy, Ben Hebert, Adam Enright	Glenn Howard, Richard Hart, Brent Laing, Craig Savill, Steve Bice	Edmonton, Alberta	Gold
2013	Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden, Caleb Flaxey	John Morris, Jim Cotter, Tyrel Griffith, Rick Sawatsky, Jason Gunnlaugson	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Gold
2017	Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert, Scott Pfeifer	Mike McEwen, B. J. Neufeld, Matt Wozniak, Denni Neufeld	Ottawa, Ontario	Fourth
2021	Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Brett Gallant, Geoff Walker, Jeff Thomas[a]	Brad Jacobs, Marc Kennedy, E. J. Harnden, Ryan Harnden	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Bronze
2025			Halifax, Nova Scotia

Trials	Winning team	Runners up	Location	Placing at Olympics
1987	Linda Moore, Lindsay Sparkes, Debbie Jones, Penny Ryan, Patti Vande	Connie Laliberte, Janet Harvey, Corinne Peters, Janet Arnott[2]	Calgary, Alberta	Gold
1997	Sandra Schmirler, Jan Betker, Joan McCusker, Marcia Gudereit	Shannon Kleibrink, Glenys Bakker, Shannon Nimmo, Joanne Sipka, Sally Shigehiro	Brandon, Manitoba	Gold
2001	Kelley Law, Julie Skinner, Georgina Wheatcroft, Diane Nelson, Cheryl Noble	Sherry Anderson, Kim Hodson, Sandra Mulroney, Donna Gignac, Heather Walsh	Regina, Saskatchewan	Bronze
2005	Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Glenys Bakker, Christine Keshen, Sandra Jenkins	Kelly Scott, Jeanna Schraeder, Sasha Carter, Renee Simons, Michelle Allen	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Bronze
2009	Cheryl Bernard, Susan O'Connor, Carolyn Darbyshire, Cori Bartel, Kristie Moore	Shannon Kleibrink, Amy Nixon, Bronwen Webster, Chelsey Bell, Heather Nedohin	Edmonton, Alberta	Silver
2013	Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen, Kirsten Wall	Sherry Middaugh, Jo-Ann Rizzo, Lee Merklinger, Leigh Armstrong, Lori Eddy	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Gold
2017	Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney, Lisa Weagle, Cheryl Kreviazuk[b]	Chelsea Carey, Cathy Overton-Clapham, Jocelyn Peterman, Laine Peters	Ottawa, Ontario	Sixth
2021	Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jocelyn Peterman, Dawn McEwen, Lisa Weagle	Tracy Fleury, Selena Njegovan, Liz Fyfe, Kristin MacCuish, Chelsea Carey	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Fifth
2025			Halifax, Nova Scotia

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• Curling Trials Backgrounder - thecurler.com